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München: kopaed; Exploring Visual Cultures project (2022), 160 pp.

ISBN 978-3-96848-068-8

"The exhibition focuses on how young people envision their identities in their respective countries: what mental images do they collectively have about their life experiences. Thus, this project seeks to present collective memories from different parts of the world in an exhibition that will promote... more

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Language in South Asia

Braj B. Kachru; S. N. Sridhar; Yamuna Kachru (eds.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2008), xxiv, 608p., many tables, figures, maps, bibliogr. p.534-587, index

ISBN 978-0-511-61906-9 (ebook); 978-0-521-78141-1 (print); 978-0-521-78653-9 (online)

"Topics covered include the ongoing linguistic processes, controversies, and implications of language modernization; the functions of South Asian languages within the legal system, media, cinema, and religion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit and its long traditions of study and teachin... more

Religion and mass media: audiences and adaptations

Daniel A. Stout; Judith M. Buddenbaum

London: Sage (1996), 294 pp., tables

ISBN 0-8039-7173-7; 0-8039-7174-5

"How do religious audiences react to and use the mass media? Religion and Mass Media is an audience-centered examination that reveals how a variety of Christian traditions experience media news and entertainment - in the context of institutional religious influences and expectations. Drawing on soci... more

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The chilling: a global study of online violence against women journalists

Julie Posetti; Nabeelah Shabbir (eds.)

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ); UNESCO (2022), 325 pp.

ISBN 979-8-218-09201-6 CC BY-NC-SA

"Online violence against women journalists is one of the most serious contemporary threats to press freedom internationally. It aids and abets impunity for crimes against journalists, including physical assault and murder. It is designed to silence, humiliate, and discredit. It inflicts very real ps... more

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Perspectives on political communication in Africa

Bruce Mutsvairo; Beschara Karam (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxiii, 272 pp., 12 illustr., index

ISBN 978-3-319-62057-2 (ebook); 978-3-319-62056-5 (print)

"Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally drawing comparisons with other regions of the world, this book critically addresses the development of the field focusing on the current opportunities and challenges within the African context. By using a wide variety of case studies that include Moza... more

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The evolution of popular communication in Latin America

Ana Cristina Suzina (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xv, 234 pp.

ISBN 978-3-030-62557-3 (ebk); 978-3-030-62556-6 (print); 978-3-030-62558-0 (print)

"This book brings together twelve contributions that trace the empirical-conceptual evolution of Popular Communication, associating it mainly with the context of inequalities in Latin America and with the creative and collective appropriation of communication and knowledge technologies as a strategy... more

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Digital religion: understanding religious practice in new media worlds

Heidi A. Campbell; Ruth Tsuria (ed.)

Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2022) 2nd ed., xii, 294 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-367-27236-4 (pbk); 978-0-429-29568-3 (ebook)

Other Editions: 1st ed. 2012

"This book offers a critical and systematic survey of the study of religion and digital media. It covers religious engagement with a wide range of digital media forms and highlights examples of new media engagement in all five of the major world religions. From mobile apps and video games to virtual... more

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Massenmedien und die Integration ethnischer Minderheiten in Deutschland: Problemaufriss, Forschungsstand, Bibliographie

Rainer Geißler; Horst Pöttker (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2005), 542 pp., index, bibliogr. p.409-508

ISBN 978-3-8394-0280-1 (pdf); 978-3-89942-280-1 (print) CC BY-NC-ND

"De facto ist die Bundesrepublik ein Einwanderungsland geworden. Viele Institutionen und offizielle Repräsentanten verschließen sich dieser Tatsache jedoch bis heute. Die vorliegende Publikation zielt darauf, den Verantwortlichen in Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur ein Sachwissen zu liefern, um die ... more

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Racism, ethnicity and the media in Africa: mediating conflict in the twenty-first century

Winston Mano (ed.)

London: Tauris (2015), xviii,347 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-78076-706-2 (hbk); 978-1-86064-194-7 (pbk); 978-0-75561-903-0 (online)

"In today's Africa racism and ethnicity have been implicated in serious conflicts - from Egypt to Mali to South Africa - that have cost lives and undermined efforts to achieve national cohesion and meaningful development. Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa sets about rethinking the role of me... more

Transnational media: concepts and cases

Suman Mishra; Rebecca Kern-Stone (eds.)

Newark: Wiley & Sons (2019), ix, 246 pp.

ISBN 978-1-119-39460-0

"Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases provides a clear and engaging overview of media communication from a global and a region-based perspective. Rather than focusing on just complex theories and industry-specific analyses, this unique book offers an inclusive, comparative approach to both journa... more

Spiritual news: reporting religion around the world

Yoel Cohen (ed.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), vii, 418 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-4331-2862-2

"The media's coverage of religion is an important question, given the central role which news media play in ensuring that people are up-to-date with religion news developments. The book examines it in different countries. After an introductory section looking at trends in religion news in print, on-... more

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COVID-19 and the media in Sub-Saharan Africa: media viability, framing and health communication

Carol Azungi Dralega Napakol, Angella

Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2022), xix, 257 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.215-248, index

ISBN 978-1-80382-272-3 (print) / 978-1-80382-271-6 (online)

"The volume helps us deconstruct COVID-19 discourses on crisis communication and media developments focusing on three areas: Media viability, Framing and Health crisis communication. The chapters unpack issues on marginalisation, gender, media sustainability, credibility, priming, trust, sources, be... more

Oral history and public memories

Paula Hamilton; Linda Shopes (eds.)

Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press (2008), xvii, 302 pp., illustr., index

ISBN 978-1-59213-141-9 (pbk); 978-1-59213-140-2 (hbk)

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Diasporas: concepts, identities, intersections

Kim Knott; Seán McLoughlin (eds.)

London; New York: Zed Books (2010), viii, 319 pp., illustr., Kt.

ISBN 978-1-84277-948-4 (pbk)

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Religion and public diplomacy

Philip Seib (ed.)

New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), x, 224 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-349-45074-9 (print); 978-1-137-29112-7 (ebook)

"Mixing religion and public diplomacy can produce volatile results, but in a world in which the dissemination and influence of religious beliefs are enhanced by new communications technologies, religion is a factor in many foreign policy issues and must be addressed. Faith is such a powerful part of... more

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Interviewing & counselling at the grassroots: a manual for people in developing countries wishing to improve their interviewing and counselling skills

Maeve Moynihan (ed.)

Amsterdam: Networklearning (2008), 37 pp., tables

"This manual is, firstly, about Interviewing (Section Two). This is the art and skill of getting the information you need from someone. Information may be facts – perhaps those needed to register a new client - or you might want to go further, looking perhaps for an understanding of the new contac... more

Equally safe: towards a feminist approach to the safety of journalists

Jennifer Robinson; Keina Yoshida et al.

London: Article 19 (2022), 63 pp., bibliogr. p.56-60

CC BY-NC-SA

"In 2021, ARTICLE 19 set out to make sometimes invisible practices more visible, building on our existing programmes on the safety of women journalists worldwide. We undertook original research globally and specifically in six countries, three in Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) and three in ... more

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Training manual: reporting on court processes pertaining to corruption and on investigative journalism

Dubravka Valic Nedeljkovic; Milorad Ivanovic; Sasa Lekovic

Belgrade: Council of Europe (2015), 62 pp.

ISBN 978-86-84437-73-2